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SUPPORT FUR HAMMUGKS 0R SWINGS.

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UNITED 'STATES PATENT QFFI'CE.

A ROBERT LINKLET'IER, OF JERSEY CITY, NEWl JERSEY.

SUPPORTv FOR HAMMOCKS OR SWINGS.

SPECIFICATION, forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,763, Adated June 13, 1899.

Application filed J'nly 26, l 89 8 T a/ZZ whom, it mftyconccrn:

Beit known that l, ROBERT LINLETTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jersey Gity,in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supports for Hammocks or Swings, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to swings and supports therefor; and the objects thereof are to provide improved devices of this class which o are simple in construction and operation, the

support for the swing being also adapted to serve as a support for a hammock, and an awning-support which is designed to cover either the swing or the hammock when in use, said awning being movable from one side to the other of the support; and with these and other objects in View the invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specication, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of the device which constitutes the subject of this application, part of the covering or awning being broken away; Fig. 2, an end view thereof, and Fig. 3 a partial section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings forming part of this speciiication the separate parts of my invention are designated by the same numerals of reference in each of the views, and in the practice of myinvention I provide a main support, which consists of two similar end parts 5, which are preferably triangular in form and which consist of a base 6, a central upright 7, and two inclined side pieces 8. A supplemental snpport is also connected with the main support or the end parts 5 thereof and consists of horizontal top bars 9,vertical end pieces 10, rigidly secured thereto and the lower ends of which are rigidly secured to the end parts 5 of the main support by means-of one or more bolts or screws 11, and the horizontal top bars 9 and the end pieces 10 of the supplemental support are connected by diagonal braces 12.

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mental support, and the arms 13 may be raised or lowered on either side whenever desi-red and the covering or awning 15 moved from one side to the other or raised or lowered on either side, as will be readily understood, said awning or covering sliding over the top bars 9 in this operation.

The separate parts 5 of the main support are provided at or near their lower ends and on the inner sides thereof with hooks 16, from which a hammock may be suspended, and I also provide a swing, which comprises a bottom portion 17, corner rods or braces 18, which are pivotally connected with the corners of the bottom portion and which extend upwardly and are rigidly connected at each side with rockers 19, mounted in keepers 20, secured to the sides of the bars 9 of the supplemental support.

The rockers 19 are circular in form on their lower sides and are supported on horizontal bases 21, which form a part of the keepers 20, and the swing may be disconnected from its supports whenever desired, and I also provide seats for the opposite sides of lthe swing, which consist of side bars 22, the lower ends of which are' connected with the sides of the bottom 17 of the swing and the upper ends of which project outwardly beyond the brace rods or bars 18 and are connected therewith' at 23, and the side bars 22 are provided on each side of their connection with the brace rods or bars 18 with cross-strips 24, with which are connected flexible seats 25., which may be composed of leather, canvas, or any suitable material.

The separate parts of my improved support for hammocks and swings may be disconnected, the supplemental support being de tached from the main support or the separate parts thereof whenever desired, and the arms 13 of the supplemental support may be folded upwardly adjacent to the horizontal bars 9, and instead of employing two of said horizontal bars, as shown and described, it will be apparent that a single bar may be employed, if preferred.

v The flexible covering or awning 15 of the supplemental support serves to shade the hammock or the swing, Whichever may be employed, and either said hammock or said swing may be employed, 'as desired. My improvement is simple in construction and operation and Well adapted to accomplish the result for Which it is intended, and it will be apparent that changes in and modificar' tions of the construction` herein described may he made Without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages. v

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A support for hammocks or swings, comprising a main support consisting of upright end portions, a supplemental support detachably connected therewith and provided with a horizontal top portion, arms pivotally connected with the ends of the supplemental support adjacent to its connection with the main support, horizontal rods or bars connecting the ends of said arms at each side, a flexible covering or awning connected with said rods or bars connecting the ends of said arms at each side, and passed over the horizontal top portion of the supplemental support, and means for suspending a swing from the horizontal top portion of the supplemental sup port consisting of keepers mounted on said horizontal top portion and rockers mounted in said keepers, said keepers and rockers being within the horizontal plane of said horizontaltop portion and approximately centrally thereof, substantially as shown and described.

v In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in pres- .ence of the subscribing witnesses, this 21st day of July, 1898.

ROBERT LINKLETTER.

Witnesses:

N. W. LEARD, GEO. W. MUTTART. 

